Rivet



(No Model.)

, E. L. BABGOGK.

. RIVET. No. 253,494. Patented Feb. 14,1882.

/////V////A v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ERSKINE L. BABOOOK, OF GUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

RIVET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 253,494, dated February 14, 1882.

Application filed October 6, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all 'whom it may concernb- Be it known that I, ERSKINE L. BABCOOK, of Guyahoga Falls, Summit county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rivets, of which the following is a specificaa, and then subjected, with the head, to a weldtion. ing heat, and placed in blank-holder b. The The nature and object of my invention is a I head is then to be properly shaped and welded rivet formed by welding together the head and to the shank by blows of the hammer or die e. shank, the head being perforated to receive the I claim as my invention shank, and the-n subjected, with the end of the The process of manufacturing rivets by inshank therein, to a welding heat, and while so serting the end of a short rod constituting the heated shaped and welded to the shank. shank into the opening through acommon me- In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the head tallio washer, and weldin g the rod and washer and shank separate. Fig.2 is a section of the together, and forming the latter into a suitaa suitable diameter to enter and fit the perforation s in head a.

In making the rivet one end ofshank cshould be inserted through the perforation s in head head with the shank inserted therein, and of ble shape for the rivet-head, substantially as a blank-holder and die or hammer for shaping described. the head and weldin it to the shank. Fig. 3

is a section of the riet with the head shaped LRSKINE BABOOLK' and welded to the shank. Witnesses:

The head a is in the form of an ordinary E. O. RUGGLEs, washer. The shank c is a short wire or rod of SAML. HIGGS. 

